So another week has passed. Between being extremely busy at work, a long commute and having a cold for most of the week, I have not been able to post anything. I do apologize to all of you that posted all these beautiful inspiring pictures. I am trying to keep up with the thread, but at this pace just reading all of it is even hard for me to do. I don't know how all of you manage this so well.

Today it rained for most of the day so I stayed indoors and experimented with my flash (and umbrella) on the dogs. Unfortunately they are not very willing models. Every time I try to get down at their level to take some shots they see this as an invitation to come at me and try to lick my face.

deang001 wrote:
More from Siem Reap. These from the amazing Bayon Temple which is located at the centre of the old Khmer capitol, Angkor Thom. The stone faces are massive and have wonderful expressions.

Taken with the 50/1.2 & 180/2.8leighton w wrote:
Dean, I like the set. How massive are these?deang001 wrote:
Thanks, Leighton. The towers with faces are around 30m (100ft) high !! All my wide a=nle shots taken here at Bayon were with the 24-70 which shows the scale. I've uploaded them to my photo site if your interested in looking.

Thanks Dean, and thanks for the link, some beautiful images on there. I could have spent a whole day in that one spot shooting!

LarryM wrote:
I've been lurking for a long time but now feel a need to join the list.

I've been shooting Nikon since the mid 60's but unfortunately most of my old equipment was replaced long ago. I still have a few 'F' bodies that I use for paperweights.

Since looking that this thread I'm remembering how great some of the older manual lenses were, and now that I have a decent camera body that allows manual focusing, I'm back in the game.

Today I met one of your regulars, Alan (huddy), his wife and super cute son, and bought one of his lenses. Turns out he lives just up the road from me. Actually it's about 80 miles, but in Texas that's just up the road.

The enclosed shot was taken with another recent acquisition, a 35mm f/2.8 AI conversion on a D700.

LarryM wrote:
I've been lurking for a long time but now feel a need to join the list.

I've been shooting Nikon since the mid 60's but unfortunately most of my old equipment was replaced long ago. I still have a few 'F' bodies that I use for paperweights.

Since looking that this thread I'm remembering how great some of the older manual lenses were, and now that I have a decent camera body that allows manual focusing, I'm back in the game.

Today I met one of your regulars, Alan (huddy), his wife and super cute son, and bought one of his lenses. Turns out he lives just up the road from me. Actually it's about 80 miles, but in Texas that's just up the road.

The enclosed shot was taken with another recent acquisition, a 35mm f/2.8 AI conversion on a D700.